Skein holder.



Application led June 17, 1901.1

(No Model.)

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LOTTA M. TRnssEL, on CANTON, OHIO.

SKElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. v'1O,126` dated September 30. 1 902. A

Application led June 17, 1901.

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOTTA M. TRESSEL, a resident of Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skein-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in display-cards or holders for skeins of silk and similar material.

The object of my invention is to provide'a new and improved display-card or skeinholder, in combination with an embroidery copy or cartoon, arranged to hold skeins of silk of such shades and in such quantities as are requisite for working the particular design set forth in the said embroidery copy or cartoon.

The object of my invention is also to provide a display-card of such construction that the skeins secured thereto may be freely examined without danger of soiling them.

A further object of myinvention is to simplify the construction, thereby lessening the cost of manufacture,while providing new and improved means Whereby'the-skeins can be easily and quickly arranged upon the card and secured against accidental displacement while permitting a single strand or thread to be removed from a skein without tangling or mussing the remainder of the skein.

My invention therefore consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth in the specication, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a View of my combined copy-holder and display-card or skein-holder. Fig. II is a back viewof my improved display-cardn orskeinholder. Fig. III is a front view of my display-card or skein-holder, showing a modified form thereof.

Referring to the drawings, a. represents the Serial No. 64,844. (No model.)

tongues are preferably arranged so that the end of the last tongue of one pair will touch the end of the tongue of the next pair.' The tongues which thus touch form mutual guards for each other, preventing the skeins from slipping od the abutting tongues. At the base of each tongue I preferably form the open eyelets or pockets f. Below the first row of tongues f I form other rows of tongues arranged in a similar manner to the first row, the number of such rows depending upon the length of the leaf b.

At the bottom of the leaf b I form bindingstrips h, one strip being secured below each pair of tongues.

In practice, in order to cheapen the cost of production and simplify the manufacture, I.

form the tongues and binding-stri ps from the material of the leaf, as follows: I take a sheet or leaf b of a light material having some resiliency, such as cardboard. Near the top of this sheet b I form a horizontal row of eyelets c', arranged in pairs. The holes or eyelets e constituting the respective'pairs are connected by a slot e2, which extends from the top of the respective eyelets, preferably in the form of an inverted U leaving tongues c extending upwardly above the respective pairs of eyelets. At a suitable distance below the row of eyelets I form a horizontal row of oblong slots f2, and at a shortdistance below I form a second horizontal row of slot-s f3, the respective slots of the second row being located directly below the respective slots in the irst row, thus leaving a narrow strip separating the adjacent slots in the upper and lower rows, which I divide, thereby forming the' oppositely-disposed tongues f, which touch at their free ends. In this way as many rows of the tongues -f may be formed as desired. Near the bottom of the sheetI form a row of slits m, and a short distance below IOO I form a second row of slits n, the slits in the under row being formed directly below the slits in the upper row, so as to form a row of strips h.

The leaf a and the leaf b are preferably provided at their respective edges with the clasp-forming devices a and b', respectively.

In order to place a skein upon the leaf b, the skein is first doubled. Slight pressure is then exerted upon the back of one of the vertical tongues e, which raises it above the geueral surface of the card, and the skein is slipped overv it and Arests in the eyelets e. Slight pressure is then exerted upon the back of a pair of oppositelydisposed tongues immediately below, which raises the tongues above the general level of the leaf b, thereby forming a gap for the insertion of the skein. When the pressure is removed, the tongues return to their normal position, closing the gap and locking the skein on the leaf. By a similar operation the remainder of the skein may be inserted behind each succeeding pair of oppositely-disposed tongues. When all of the tongues have been filled, the end of the skein is passed back through the slit m and brought out again through the slit n, thus securely binding the skein upon the card. It will thus be understood that when a skein is secured to the card the portion of the skein under the tongues will be visible at the back of the card, thus enabling the skeins to be examined and compared Without separating the leaves 'aand b.

of vertical tongues care secu red rows of horizontal ,tongues f, arranged in pairs, the tongues composing each pair projecting in opposite directions. The tonguesfare secured to the'sheet c by points f4. At'the bottom of the sheet are secured binding-strips h, which are secured to the sheet c by means of the points 71,.

What I claim is- A l. A skein-holder, comprising a card having arranged on the face thereof a rowof vertically-projecting tongues, a'row of horizontally-projecting tongues below the row of vertically-projecting tongues, said lastmentioned tongues being arrangeddn pairs, the tongues comprising each pair extendingin opposite directions, and a binding-strip arranged beneath each of the said pairs, substantially as described.

2. A silk-skein holder, comprising a card provided witha row of longitudinally-projecting tongues arranged across the face thereof, said tongues being arranged in pairs, the tongues in each pair extending in opposite directions, and the last tongue in one pair 'touching the iirst tongue in the next pair, so

as tolforxn mutual guards to prevent the skein from being accidentally displaced from either of the abutting tongues, substantiallyv as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. A silk-skein holder, comprising a card having secured to the face thereof a vertically-projecting tongue, a vertical row of horizontal tongues secured below said vertical tongues, said horizontal tongues being arranged in pairs and having the tongues constituting the respective pairs projecting in opposite directions, and a binding-strip secured below said row of horizontal tongues, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

Signed by me at Canton, O hio, this 4th day of June, 1901.'

f LOTTA M. TRESSEL. Witnesses:

CHARLES S. MCDOWELL, J. W. CRAINE. 

